Pacquiao Knocks Out Marquez in Social Media

Nope. Sorry guys, it didn’t happen. The world-famous Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao didn’t even win over the judges unanimously. Instead, the People’s Champ defeated Juan Manuel Marquez by a controversial majority decision, 114-114, 116-112, 115-113.   But outside...

A Simple WordPress Theme for Your Online Store

I love freebies (Who doesn’t?) and if you’re a fan of totally free WordPress themes like I am, you’d be excited with this news. WooThemes has released a brand new WordPress plugin and several themes for an e-commerce store. One of the themes is called Wootique and in...

WordPress Tutorial Coming Right Up!

I’ve been getting inquries on this blog about how to get started as a virtual assistant and the truth is, I don’t know exactly what to tell them. You see, I became a home-based virtual assistant by accident. I was just browsing a blog and I saw that they are in need for...

Top 3 Twitter Apps for Monitoring Your Brand on Twitter

Twitter and other social networks present a challenge for businesses of all sizes. Why? People talk about the products and services they get on Twitter. They rant. They rave. And with the volume of tweets sent out daily, it’s a challenge  to monitor what’s being Tweeted about...

How to Allow People to Subscribe to You in Facebook

Every time Facebook rolls out  changes, there’s bound to be a lot of buzz of around it.  But one update that caught my fancy now and which I find truly interesting is the Subscribe button. Personally, I haven’t seen anyone who has activated this new Facebook feature...

9 Beautiful Coffee-Themed Social Media Icons

My latest project as a webmaster is a coffee directory for a Hawaiian trading company. I added some social media icons to the site.  It was tough choosing what icons to use because there’s a lot of really cute coffee icons out there.  I finally settled on iced coffee icons by...

Here’s How You Can Buffer Your Tweets

In my post about social media enhancement, I mentioned that it’s always better to share links in Twitter. But that does not mean that you can flood your stream with link after link after link. It’s still better to really engage with people whether your in Twitter, Facebook, or...

Don’t Let Others Steal Your Identity

When I was  social media newbie, I had the eagerness of a young pup. I signed up for social media sites like a thirsty puppy lapping a bowl of milk: voraciously. And when you let such a strong impulse get the better of you, you tend to think about immediate gratification/satisfaction and...

HOT!!! Arkli, Your Social Media Campaign Manager

Twice today I’ve come up across Arkli, another app for managing social media campaigns. The first instance is a fellow virtual online assistant updating her Facebook status via Arkli. The next is an email from Erin Blaskie about this new social campaign manager.  Since she is...

10 Commandments of Social Media Enchantment

A couple of weeks ago, Facebook marketing expert Mari Smith hosted a FREE webinar featuring Alltop co-founder Guy Kawasaki, who talked about enchant through social media.  If you are not aware, Guy recently released a book entitled “Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds,...